The world of court injunctions on media reporting has finally collided with the world of the web and the feeling that you are not responsible or accountable for your comments.
Twitter is a nice idea for sure, surely harmless and possibly useful somewhere between a blog and a status update. But not when you are commenting on affairs of others it seems, you will be in legal hot water.
In some ways I like the injunction in this case because it keeps trivia out of the media, it really is none of our business. But with the social element, we can all find out who this "unamed celebrity" is if we really did care.
But there comes a point where the fact that "everyone knows" is itself a news story, which the media sees as legitimate to report. To think that this gets top billing on the news really does show how the media chases these trivial stories over more pressing world events.
I do not doubt that many managed twitter accounts that celebrity users have probably have legal vetting of anything that gets said, but for the everyday user - say what you like and find out what the consequences are later!
Could be an expensive time in court proceedings. Careless tweets don't cost lives, but it seems they should come with a responsibility warning.
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